In 1587, sailing to Spain on board Sir Francis Drake's ship "Elizabeth Bonaventure," seventeen-year-old surgeon's apprentice Thomas Spyre finds that, with the sudden death of his master, he must take over as ship's surgeon and prove his skill not only as a doctor but also as a fighter when he is enlisted by Drake to face battle.
- ISBN10 0670899070
- ISBN13 9780670899074
- Publish Date 15 September 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2004
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Allen Lane
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 197
- Language English